Anyone else have neighbor problems???

[pupper-lover]

Some people are just dumb (like your neighbor). The world would be too perfect without there annoying presence.

I have two large dogs and tons of experience with "animal haters". The manager of the complex next to mine actually asked me not to walk my dogs in their complex. My dogs are always on a leash, non-agressive, and don't leave "presents", but residents claim to be scared to walk their little dogs outside when there is a big dog outside. Neither of my dogs has been near any of their precious pooches, so I don't know what their problem is.

I am also living in an apartment for a few years, while my boyfriend is in med school, and our residence is temporary. They allow large dogs, and many people have them. Still, people glare or even run away, when we walk by! My old neighbor, who by the way had a bity dog that barked all day long, hated my dogs just because they existed.

Some people just don't have the wonderful personalities, understanding, and love for animals that we all have. It's too bad we have to put up with them. At least we are better people for it. I never stoop to the level of someone trying to get under my skin. I am too good for it. You are, too!

[mugsy]

You know, I tried not to let him get under my skin, but after he called Mike a punk (now Mike called him an old ....well...you get the idea) and then when the neighbor told me about the pictures and then I saw him taking pictures...that was more than I could take and I went off on him...oh well, haven't heard anything since Saturday night when Mike propped that fence up while they were getting out of their car at 10 pm!! lol

Mary, your situation sounds SOOOO familiar....this guy says that dog poop is unsanitary...well....REALLY....what poop isn't?? Oh and when they poop in the yard it's disgusting....yep...that's it...a natural phenomena is disgusting. Yet, like you Mary, it's ok for his grandkids to poke stuff through the fence and throw rocks at them (we keep finding unexplained rocks in our backyard). Animal Control said that if we get him on videotape throwing rocks or harassing the dogs that they can fine him up to $500...wouldn't that be sweet justice?

Mary, our Animal Control said that THEY have to hear the dogs barking before they will cite anyone, and the officer who came the one time he tried barking since poop smell wasn't having an effect, the officer just laughed when Mike came to the door and said, "No one will ever sneak up on this house!" and laughed. And I'm glad your fence made a difference for you.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by mugsy
I was not at my best today, I blew up when I saw him taking pictures and then I (OOPS) flipped him off and his response was..."Where's your mother?" I had to giggle at that one, being that I am 40 years old, soon to be 41!! lol

I would have mouthed off to him and asked him where HIS mother was. I bet she would be SO PROUD OF HIM.....NOT! I'm thankful for my neighborhood. There's dogs and cats everywhere. They would have to lock the whole neighborhood up if anyone complained.

[moosmom]

Mugsy,

I think Karen has the right idea.

I live on the second floor of an apartment complex. I lived on the first floor when I first moved in. I lived under a woman with two young children that she never let go outside. THAT was a hassle. To take care of the problem, when she moved out, I moved up into the apartment, complete with wall to wall carpeting.

Then this woman and her teenage daughter moved in. Now, I have 6 cats and work nights. This woman works days. I don't have wild parties, I go home after work at 10 p.m. and watch tv for two hours before going to sleep.

This woman has made my life hell. She has no carpeting in her apartment because of her daughter's asthma. She first started banging on the wall. That was okay cuz it let me know my cats were making a little too much noise.

Well, then they started banging on the wall at 3 in the afternoon on a weekend because my cat box lit accidentally hit the wall. Then she came up to talk to me with her smart a$$ daughter who exclaimed "I'd like to be able to sleep till at least 10 a.m. during the week!!" Well, wouldn't we all?? I have stopped talking with this woman. I won't answer my door or phone when she calls. I am through dealing with her and don't feel like I have to anymore.

I offered to give her carpeting that I had in my storage bin to cut down on the noise. My landlord gave me carpet remnants to put near the cat trees to help with the noise. He told me that we've done everything possible to help with the situation. She sent me this nasty letter saying I was getting my cats riled up just to piss her off. And she said that I play my stereo loud. The kind of music I listen to would put you to sleep (Yanni, Jim Brickman, George Winston, anyone asleep yet???) I only play it on the weekends and it's not loud or late at night.

I feel like I have to walk on air and watch tv via the lip reading method in order to please her. My landlord says he won't get involved but calls me and leaves message on my machine about her complaints. I have lived there for over 5 years. She's been there 3. And of course, it's okay that he daughter hangs out the livingroom window and yells at her friends across the street at all hours. UGH!!!! This kid also hangs out with her friends making great amounts of noise when her mother is at work in the hallway.

I would do what Karen said to do in an effort to keep the peace. My situation is just plain stupid, out of control and borders on harassment and I'm getting pretty annoyed with the whole thing. I have come to hate apartment living because of this woman. If it weren't for my cats I'd have moved out when this chick moved in.

I hope you can work things out. Good luck and keep us posted.

Donna

[pupper-lover]

Originally posted by moosmom :
"I feel like I have to walk on air and watch tv via the lip reading method in order to please her."

I had a next door neighbor that would bang up and down the bedroom wall when I would walk across the shag carpet barefoot. She was also the type of neighbor whose stereo could literally be heard down the street, windows closed and all.

[moosmom]

Pupper-Lover,

I love your dogs. They are so adorable! I've chosen to completely ignore her now. It's gotten to the point where there is no way to make her happy.

My landlord did tell me that she asked him if she could have a small dog and he told her no, that her schedule is such that she's never home to walk it. She was mad at that saying he allows me to have 4 cats (I actually have 6 ) but won't allow her to have a small dog.

His point was you don't have to walk cats and there's no need to worry about neighbors calling because of cats barking. End of discussion.

Donna

Score: Donna 1, Vickie 0

[mugsy]

Well, if we lived a block over from where we live, it would be ok...everyone over there has dogs, we just got lucky (NOT!) moving in next to this moron (I'm cleaning up my language for the youngins and for those offended by bad language). The guy that moved in across the street from this guy moved here from Guatemaula and had 10 dogs and 30 cats and some chickens, so he doesn't have a problem with the dogs.

Donna, it sounds like you need to find a house to move into girl! I hated apartment life with every ounce of my being...I lasted a year and then bought a house.

Good luck with your situation, and btw...we have considered checking into harassment.

[moosmom]

Mugsy,

You're right, I do need to check into a bigger place. I went to Michigan for 6 days to visit with family and cried the night before leaving cuz I didn't want to come home. I am looking into moving to Michigan but have to find a job first. Hopefully I'll find one and be able to get a bigger place, possibly a house where I can live in peace with all my babies and not worry about flushing my toilet for fear of waking up the noise police.

BTW, isn't it amazing the difference a BLOCK can make.



Donna

[mel55smiles]

molly, this guy has problems!!!!! if i were you i would sling some dog poop in his yard, and hope he steps in it. DONNA, WHO DOES VICKIE THINK SHE IS?? IF SHE AHD A DOGGIE SHE PROBLAY WOULDN'T MAKE A GOOD OWNER..

[rg_girlca]

You know after reading all that has been posted made me realize that there are a lot of just plain miserable people out there who have to find something to complain about cause they don't have a life and have to fulfill their lives by making other people's lives a living hell.
Mugsy, i know it's easier said than done, but try to ignore this sorry excuse for a human being. I find people like that, when they know they can rile you just keep it up. But if you let on that it is meaningless to you in what he does, gradually (Ihope anyways) that he will finally get bored with it and move on to something or someone else.
Good luck with the fence.

[mugsy]

I decided tonight that I may put the little photo album that Meijer gave me free for developing film, in their mailbox with a note that says, " Here is a photo album for you to put the pictures of our dogs in so you can show your friends." Hey, I never said I was kind! lol

Thanks again for all your good thoughts.

Donna, what do you do for a living?? Is it difficult to find a job in Michigan?? Where are you talking about in Michigan?? Is it close enough to Ohio or Indiana that you could look for work in any of the border towns?? Just some thoughts. Good luck!!

[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by mel55smiles
molly, this guy has problems!!!!! if i were you i would sling some dog poop in his yard, and hope he steps in it. DONNA, WHO DOES VICKIE THINK SHE IS?? IF SHE AHD A DOGGIE SHE PROBLAY WOULDN'T MAKE A GOOD OWNER..

LOL. Our next door neighbors hate all animals. They used to trap cats, and they just love calling everyone (especially us) up about barking dogs. I actually *did* sling dog poop into their yard once.....when my friend and I were kids, we got in a fight with their kids and started chucking doggy poo over the fence. Who knew it could come in so handy?

We had another neighbor w/ dog problems. Except we were the ones complaining about their dogs... They have these two little white poodle mix dogs. Mean little buggers. And their owners particularly enjoyed letting them out every morning (they live diaganal across the street) to go potty out front (when they have FENCED back yard!!!). Those dogs had something out for us, because they always went across the street (while the owner watched mind you) to our front yard to crap. It began to piss us off so we complained to them about it. Well she said that our dog (Reggie) was going to the bathroom in *their* back yard. Ok uhh..nuts? There is another schnauzer that runs loose a lot. Our dogs never run loose, they are always in the house or backyard (if they are loose its w/ me to check the mail or something). Ok this other dog is TINY, light silver, folded ears, and female. If you've seen my Reggie you'd know that he doesn't even resemble a schnauzer to most people, lol.

LOL but anyway...the other day I think they had a car run through their garage....the door is down and there's a huge hole in the back. I shouldnt think its funny but it is!! Ha! And they probably ran though their *own* garage...my dad calls the guy Mr. Moto b/c he owns so many vehicles.......we don't even know their real last name.......oh yes I love my neighbors can't you tell?

[ramanth]

Originally posted by moosmom
I went to Michigan for 6 days to visit with family and cried the night before leaving cuz I didn't want to come home. I am looking into moving to Michigan but have to find a job first. Hopefully I'll find one and be able to get a bigger place, possibly a house where I can live in peace with all my babies and not worry about flushing my toilet for fear of waking up the noise police. Donna

Michigan? Did someone say Michigan?

Hey Donna, what kind of job are you looking for? I could check around where I am to see if anyone is hiring.

So far, I'm VERY pleased with my new apartment. The people I've met so far are nice and the guy who lives below me said good morning and that I had a very pretty dog.

Although I might of made the people who are above me a little upset. Andy and I were finishing hanging up shelves at 1 in the morning. I commented that the neighbors probably won't be too happy and that we should stop. Just then the people above banged on their floor. Oops! Haven't seen them yet to appologize. Other than hearing water running thru the pipes near my bathroom and kitchen I don't hear any other noise. (I live on the end apartment so I only have neighbors on three "sides".) Since that's the case, I assume they can't hear me walking around and what not. Either that or they don't mind any noise I make.

[Mary101]

Wow! And I thought I had a dog- and cat-hater next door! Luckily, when we moved into our house 5 years ago, there was a privacy fence all around the back yard, which is a double lot, and that helps a lot. We did have a neighbor who was a real "control freak," and he wanted the dogs (two, then later, three) to obey his every command. They would look at him through the fence slats and walk away. He would get very ticked off and start yelling at my dogs, then they'd bark at him (my dogs have all been abused, so they don't take raised voices and violent language very well -- then again, what animal does??) I finally told him, "Look, Einstein, these are MY dogs, not yours, so they will not obey you! Try leaving them alone." His son, aged 7, got the great idea of cursing my dogs and thrwing stuff at them over the fence and from the top of his swingset. What a fine example his father set for him! This man and his son moved out and the current neighbor, a single lady, doesn't like animals of any kind -- she even hates squirrels and birds -- but the dogs have never barked without reason so she doesn't have a problem with them. On the other side, there lived an elderly man who was a good neighbor, but he was always upset because Fluffy, my cat, would sit on the roof extension of our garage and look into his yard. Maybe he thought Fluffy was casing his house or something. At any rate, reasoning with your neighbors doesn't always work. Also, I would check with your local ordinances, but in general it takes a lot more than a complaining neighbor in order for your fur-kids to be taken away from you. You might get fined for the dogs barking, but in our town, it has to be proven that the animals were just making noise, and not provoked.

[pupper-lover]

HOW ABOUT GREAT, FRIENDLY, AND LOVING NEIGHBORS?

My family's cat, who died recently , would visit our neighbors frequently. If they left their garage open, she would be found curled up on the car seat! Once they left their door from their garage to their house open and found her sleeping in their bed! They never complained and even laughed at the situation. At least, it was our friendly cat and not a wild animal.

Many of my parents neighbors are cat and dog lovers. They leave food out and give treats. Unfortunately, this has lead to the family's once obedient and lean dog, Cody, to wandering around the neighborhood and pudging out more than a bit (I know the dog should be on leash or behind fence, but I live in another state and can't do anything about my parents behavior).

Kids in the neighborhood would come by and want to visit our animals. When one of our pets dies, even our neighbors get upset.

Happy thought! Yeah for nice people and great neighbors!